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If that's the case then he's the last one that has to worry about getting a job. There's always going to be jobs in the medical field.

Wrong, the medical field is changing fast thanks to Obamacare. While some experienced nurses can still find jobs...it's not the industry it once was. It's nearly impossible to find a job if you are anything other than a nurse. I've been in the field for more than 20 years and I have never seen it this bad.

And here I have been thinking all along, that since I was *born* in England and am very familiar with the language and how to use it ... that I was doing my best as only a 4 year resident of the south ... to help to bring the standards up!!!

Only joking southern-born folks in here!

I lived in Texas for four wonderful years, and discovered that there are certain similarities between NooYawkese and Texan. For example, the plural for "you" in Texas is "Y'all", while in New York, it's "Youse".

I lived in Texas for four wonderful years, and discovered that there are certain similarities between NooYawkese and Texan. For example, the plural for "you" in Texas is "Y'all", while in New York, it's "Youse".

Well,Golly Gee ...

Mr. Ody, darlin', you handsome ol' hunk of a Colonel, you!

You done made mah little ol' heart go pitty-pat, by answerin' me back like you did.

And now, ah plumb forget what ah came in to say!

(Oh my, did I really submit this foolish post? *Blush!* Whatever was in that freebie sample of Hills Bros French Vanilla Cappuccino that I got in the mail today?)

Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound - Unknown

Yes, y'all do a much better job on the English language down south, y'heah me?

We know from the phonetic writings in less than standardized English of the 17th century that Southern English is quite close to Elizabethan in usage and pronunciation. Even a great many of the idioms and grammatical peculiarities have survived into our own time in isolated subcultures like Smith Island and Tangier Island, where the accent is almost identical to similar places in England.

New Yorkese, on the other hand, is an amalgam of the immigrant groups which generated the dialect and we see a remarkably similar dialect spoken in a similarly composed immigrant subculture of New Orleans. It is a 19th century concoction.

We know from the phonetic writings in less than standardized English of the 17th century that Southern English is quite close to Elizabethan in usage and pronunciation. Even a great many of the idioms and grammatical peculiarities have survived into our own time in isolated subcultures like Smith Island and Tangier Island, where the accent is almost identical to similar places in England.

New Yorkese, on the other hand, is an amalgam of the immigrant groups which generated the dialect and we see a remarkably similar dialect spoken in a similarly composed immigrant subculture of New Orleans. It is a 19th century concoction.

I was told flat out by my Aussie counterparts last year that THEY speak the "Queens English"...WE speak "American".

You done made mah little ol' heart go pitty-pat, by answerin' me back like you did.

And now, ah plumb forget what ah came in to say!

(Oh my, did I really submit this foolish post? *Blush!* Whatever was in that freebie sample of Hills Bros French Vanilla Cappuccino that I got in the mail today?)

And I still forget what I came in to say!

Aw, shucks, ma'am... 'tweren't nothin'.

Originally Posted by Hawkgirl

You are highly inappropriate ABC, flirting with the boss like that...

(I need to take my own advice, starting a thread in Gal Forum soon)

In all fairness, she and I don't work anywhere near each other.

Originally Posted by Novaheart

We know from the phonetic writings in less than standardized English of the 17th century that Southern English is quite close to Elizabethan in usage and pronunciation. Even a great many of the idioms and grammatical peculiarities have survived into our own time in isolated subcultures like Smith Island and Tangier Island, where the accent is almost identical to similar places in England.

New Yorkese, on the other hand, is an amalgam of the immigrant groups which generated the dialect and we see a remarkably similar dialect spoken in a similarly composed immigrant subculture of New Orleans. It is a 19th century concoction.

So, what you are saying is that Southern English remains as inbred as southern families, while New York English has benefited from exposure to other cultures?